Tablespoon

Client: Hunger Inc. · Kamala Mills, Mumbai · 38 seats · Quick-turnaround dining

Dining in the kitchen—industrial precision turned into atmosphere.

TBSP redefines fast dining by turning the industrial kitchen into both inspiration and setting. Designed as a 38-seat, quick-turnaround restaurant, it blurs the traditional divide between back-of-house and front-of-house. LAB began by cataloguing the components of a professional kitchen—tools, prep counters, extraction ducts, utensils—and transforming them into a design vocabulary.

The dining room becomes the kitchen itself: stainless steel counters double as tables, open shelving frames sightlines, and tiled walls maintain hygienic clarity while creating atmosphere. Suspended utensils and exposed ducting animate the ceiling, turning utility into spatial theatre. Lighting rigs further amplify the sense of choreography, where precision and speed are made visible.

This industrial honesty is balanced with rhythm and comfort—ensuring that diners feel part of a performance without losing intimacy. TBSP is not themed design; it is a translation of process into place, proving that the everyday tools of cooking can shape immersive, successful hospitality.